{"product_id":"timothy-leary-robert-forte-9780892817863","title":"Timothy Leary: Outside Looking in: Appreciations, Castigations, and Reminiscences by RAM Dass, Andrew Weil, Allen Ginsberg, Winona Ryder, William Burr","description":"A memorial volume to one of this century's most colorful and pioneering figures in the consciousness movement \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e- A wide array of individuals from all stages of Leary's life provides a comprehensive view of the man and his impact on American culture \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOne of the most influential and controversial people of the 20th century, Timothy Leary inspired profound feelings--both pro and con--from everyone with whom he came into contact. He was extravagant, grandiose, enthusiastic, erratic, and an unrelenting proponent of expanding consciousness and challenging authority. His experiments with psilocybin and LSD at Harvard University and Millbrook, New York, were instrumental in propelling the nation into the psychedelic era of the 1960s. From the 1980s until his death in 1996 he fully embraced the possibilities of freedom offered by the developments in computer technology and the instant communication made possible by the Internet. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe essence of Leary's life has often been reduced to the celebrated formula of \"Turn On, Tune In, and Drop Out.\" The wider implications of this esoteric call to communion have been lost, just as the multifaceted nature of Leary's personality was obscured by the superficial spin put on his life and ideas. In this book a wide array of individuals from all stages of Leary's life, friends and foes alike, provide a more complete view of the man and his impact on American culture. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIt is still too early to know how posterity will judge the man and his ideas, but \u003ci\u003eTimothy Leary: Outside Looking In\u003c\/i\u003e shows that Leary was often so far ahead of his time that few could follow the extensive range of his thought.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Robert Forte\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0892817860\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780892817863\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Park Street Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/01\/1999\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 352\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.23lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.96h x 6.00w x 0.88d","brand":"Robert Forte","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44047032975615,"sku":"9780892817863","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_3f9d6036-2fb2-49ba-848c-e43c3d21fa7b.jpg?v=1684987886","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/timothy-leary-robert-forte-9780892817863","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}